Christmas Rounds 2 3 & 4!!!

Well well well...the Holiday fury is over and BOY, what a fun year it was!

Christmas round 2 was scheduled to be here at home in our PJs in front of our beautiful tree, but Mother Nature had a different plan. With a blizzard on the horizon we scurried to pack our presents in the car and head to Nana & Papa's to ensure we would make it in time for the exciting Round 3 to be had Christmas afternoon. I shed a few tears, dissappointed we wouldn't have a quiet Christmas at home, just the 4 of us. The tears dried as I realized we surely wouldn't have made it to Bolivar on Christmas day for the ultimate Christmas surprise for the kids, so all was well. SO, to Bolivar we went in the sleet and freezing rain. We enjoyed a lazy Christmas morning just Kyle's parents and the 4 of us. It really was quite nice.

Emma & Evan at the top of the stairs...waiting to see what Santa brought (nevermind Emma snuck out of bed to take a peek and returned upstairs to declare..."Santa came! I got Geo Trax - Evan, you got a dump truck!")

Emma's Cars GeoTrax set from Santa...she was SO excited!

Evan's new dump truck...what little boy doesn't LOVE a Tonka truck?

Late afternoon brought the rest of the family over for Christmas round 3 and THE GREAT REVEAL!!!

We're going to Disney World! Evan had no idea what that meant, but was more than willing to share in the excitement of the moment. Emma, however, was a bit over stimulated, over-gifted, and frankly had a 4 year old melt down in the moments leading up to the "moment" the cousins all opened their Santa hats sporting Mickey ears. Her response was "I don't want to go to Disney World, its too far away". A good night's sleep and cousin Ellie's pep talk about meeting all the princesses including Pocohantes brought about a change in perspective. She was more than willing to venture to Disney World the next morning.

More about Disney in coming posts (great trip...Thanks Nana and Papa for helping to make it happen!!)

Round 4 came New Year's Day, the morning after returning from Disney. Uncle PJ and Aunt Wendy's presents awaited us under our very own tree. We did, in fact, get to open gifts in front of our own tree after all!

Some gift favorites...

Emma ~ doorway puppet theater, Cars GeoTrax, Pocohantes Barbie, Merry Madagascar Penguin game, & Leapfrog Tag reading system (HIGHLY RECOMMEND!!!)

Evan ~car carrier truck, bowling set, Leapfrog Tag Jr (aka Frosty...the wand resembles the shape of a snowman so he refers to it as Frosty!), Tonka truck & GeoTrax

WHEW! Lets just say our kids are blessed with more gifts than they know what to do with. They are so lucky to have family that loves them so!

With Christmas summary wrapped up I can now say HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

A trip to Disney World sure helped jumpstart a magical year for us! May 2010 be filled with magic in your world, too :)